How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?

shremi · Oct 25, 2020, 1:04 AM

@Qinn said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

/usr/bin/nohup /root/udpbroadcastrelay/./udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 1900 --dev igb1.10 --dev igb1.20 --multicast 239.255.255.250 -f > /dev/null

Thanks a lot fo this @QINN i really appreciate it. Yeah i am lost when it comes to linux-freebsd :(

So here is where i am at :

I followed the instructions correctly as you stated. how can i verify that it is working. ???

Im guessing i need to open some sort of connection to a command line to input the cmd commands in the firewall?

Heres what i did :

I went to services and then to shellcmd and created this command.

/usr/bin/nohup /root/udpbroadcastrelay/./udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 1900 --dev igb0 --dev igb0.40 --multicast 239.255.255.250 -f > /dev/null

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I am using LAN and VLAN 40 on the same igb0 port i think that should work right?

i created an alias for the sonos stuff and then created a rule on the IoT vlan to for the sonos alias to talk to the private network.

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But still no connection via the app.

I am sure i am missing something.

shremi · Oct 25, 2020, 1:04 AM

@shremi said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

@Qinn said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

I am sure i am missing something.

Yeah quoting myself hahahaha !!

Thanks a lot i think i just needed to reboot the pfsense machine i can discover and talk to sonos devices from my private network.

I am going to tight down the aliases instead of giving the sonos players full access to the main trusted network. i will give it to the phones and home assistant VM.

The only thing that it seems that stopped working is the UPnP Service for pfsense i used to have it for the consoles but i dont think that they are in use .

Next up i would like to use this for mDNS and get rid of avahi since i read that using this option has a little bit of more advantages over the avahi package.

Qinn · Oct 25, 2020, 8:12 AM

@shremi You can see it running from the command line, best is to login using putty with SSH or when you have installed WinSCP press Control T and a terminal will open. Here you enter the ps command (processes status)

ps

You will get something like

/root/udpbroadcastrelay$ ps
  PID TT  STAT     TIME COMMAND
28327 u0- SN   14:19.50 /bin/sh /var/db/rrd/updaterrd.sh
73155 u0  Is    0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
73672 u0  I     0:00.02 -sh (sh)
90155 u0  I+    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
71121 v0  Is    0:00.02 login [pam] (login)
73887 v0  I     0:00.02 -sh (sh)
75937 v0  I+    0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
71448 v1  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv1
71544 v2  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv2
71638 v3  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv3
71836 v4  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv4
72169 v5  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv5
72465 v6  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv6
72832 v7  Is+   0:00.01 /usr/libexec/getty Pc ttyv7
50749  0  S     0:00.00 ./udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 1900 --dev igb1.1005 
82781  0  Is    0:00.01 -sh (sh)
83059  0  I     0:00.01 /bin/sh /etc/rc.initial
85940  0  S+    0:00.07 /bin/tcsh

Btw Using the commandline I would always advise to install putty https://www.putty.org/

first enable SSH in pfSense -> System /Advanced/Admin Access
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Then install putty https://www.putty.org/ and enable SSH in pfSense and login with SSH

GeorgeCZ58 · Jan 17, 2021, 5:25 PM

Thanks, this help me to get working control of my devices between VLANs.

LamaZ · Jan 25, 2021, 12:01 PM

@burntoc Thanks for all the hard work on this. I can't wait for this to get a proper pfsense package, and updates when pfsense 2.5 gets released.

This software got the following apps to work across segmented networks:

Denon HEOS
Onkyo Remote3
FiOS TV Remote (plus some FW rules)

girkers · Feb 3, 2021, 7:14 AM

I have found this tool really handy for me so I want to help to make it happen, unfortunately I don't have the programming skills to do any of the behind the scenes nuts and bolts stuff, but what I can do is front-end stuff and help develop the logic so that a programmer can simply follow that.

To show my genuine interest I have made a package panel and am wondering if it is worth perusing any further, i.e. developing the underlying logic etc? Here is what it looks like:

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sfxdude · Feb 18, 2021, 2:32 PM

In case this helps anyone, I built this on freeBSD 12.2 for pfsense 2.5.0:
udpbroadcastrelay-pfsense2.5.0.zip

Feb 18, 2021, 3:15 PM

@sfxdude Thank you! I was just sitting down to spin up a VM to build this for 12.2. You saved me the time.

tman222 · Feb 18, 2021, 5:14 PM

@sfxdude said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

In case this helps anyone, I built this on freeBSD 12.2 for pfsense 2.5.0:
udpbroadcastrelay-pfsense2.5.0.zip

Thanks @sfxdude - I will go ahead and update my post above as well to point to yours with the new 2.5 file.

I upgraded to 2.5 yesterday and it looks like the udpbroadcastrelay binary I compiled under FreeBSD 11.3 still works fine under FreeBSD 12.2. Is there a need to upgrade to the latest binary if the old one works fine?

Thanks in advance.

sfxdude · Feb 18, 2021, 5:52 PM

@tman222 I'd say if it works it's probably fine, but no harm in rebuilding for the new one.

josepr · Mar 13, 2021, 1:45 AM

Anyone has the binary avaliable for the sg-1100?

stephenw10 · Mar 13, 2021, 4:15 PM

Obviously it would need to be compiled for aarch64. It might be simple enough a compile against FreeBSD 12.2 will work. You would need to be setup for cross-compiling or have am aarch64 build box.
Adding your comments to the feature request night be best.

Steve

Qinn · Mar 14, 2021, 11:19 AM

@tman222 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

udpbroadcastrelay

I think it is here https://freebsd.pkgs.org/12/freebsd-aarch64/udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz.html

I can't test it for aarch64, as I don't own one, but downloaded the am64 version copied it to pfSense 2.5.0 and did a

chmod 755 udpbroadcastrelay

Then excuted it and it performed nicely.

stephenw10 · Mar 14, 2021, 11:45 AM

Oh that's interesting, I didn't realise it had been included upstream. Makes things a lot easier.

Though I had to upload it rather than fetch it directly:

[21.02-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/tmp: pkg add udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz 
Installing udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b...
Extracting udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b: 100%
[21.02-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/tmp: rehash
[21.02-RELEASE][admin@2100-2.stevew.lan]/tmp: udpbroadcastrelay 
usage: udpbroadcastrelay [--id ID] [--port udp-port]
       [--dev dev1] [--dev dev2] [--dev devX]
       [-s IP] [--multicast ip1] [--multicast ipX]
       [-t|--ttl-id] [-d] [-f]
       [-h|--help]

Edit: Looks like it was only added last week.

Steve

tman222 · Mar 15, 2021, 8:39 AM

Cool, this is great news! I assume this link is for the amd64 version of the package?

https://pkgs.org/download/udpbroadcastrelay
https://freebsd.pkgs.org/12/freebsd-amd64/udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz.html

I actually just recently recompiled the udpbroadcastrelay source for pfSense 2.5.0 (FreeBSD 12.2 Stable) but will keep this link in mind for future versions. I'll also update my initial post in the thread above.

tman222 · Mar 14, 2021, 10:42 PM

@stephenw10 - when installing the udpbroadcastrelay as a FreeBSD package, where on the file system is the binary located (will be needed for ShellCmd)? Thanks in advance.

bmeeks · Mar 14, 2021, 11:33 PM

@tman222 said in How can I get this UDP relay package for casting across VLANs?:

@stephenw10 - when installing the udpbroadcastrelay as a FreeBSD package, where on the file system is the binary located (will be needed for ShellCmd)? Thanks in advance.

Usually binary executables from packages go in /usr/local/bin and configuration files in /usr/local/etc. Any shell script provided with the package typically winds up in /usr/local/etc/rc.d. But these are not hard and fast rules - a package creator might deviate from the standard practice.

Qinn · Mar 15, 2021, 8:39 AM

@tman222 Do a

find / -name 'udpbroadcastrelay'

and you will find it's location.

Qinn · Mar 17, 2021, 12:05 PM

btw if you don't have the repository, then do a

 pkg add https://pkg.freebsd.org/FreeBSD:12:amd64/quarterly/All/udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b.txz

for an AMD64 and then a

rehash

and a

 pkg info udpbroadcastrelay

shows it is nicely installed

[2.5.0-RELEASE][root@pfSense.localdomain]/: pkg info udpbroadcastrelay
udpbroadcastrelay-0.3.b
Name           : udpbroadcastrelay
Version        : 0.3.b
Installed on   : Wed Mar 17 11:54:50 2021 CET
Origin         : net/udpbroadcastrelay
Architecture   : FreeBSD:12:amd64
Prefix         : /usr/local
Categories     : net
Licenses       : GPLv2
Maintainer     : m.muenz@gmail.com
WWW            : https://github.com/marjohn56/udpbroadcastrelay
Comment        : UDP multicast/unicast relayer
Annotations    :
        FreeBSD_version: 1202000
Flat size      : 39.2KiB
Description    :
udpbroadcastrelay is a UDP multicast relayer. Its intended use is to
rebroadbcast udp packets on a specific port across interfaces, be those
interfaces physical or VLAN.

It is used where devices such as Sonos or Sky are spread accross
different subnets and are not able to detect the servers or devices.

WWW: https://github.com/marjohn56/udpbroadcastrelay

Itar · Mar 17, 2021, 4:51 PM

Hi,

can someone give me a hint how the command looks like for Shellcmd/command prompt (pfsense 2.5.0 / APU2C4)?
With "find / -name 'udpbroadcastrelay'" I could find udpbroadcastrelay in "/usr/local/sbin/".
With Putty and "/usr/local/sbin/udpbroadcastrelay --id 1 --port 5353 --dev igb1 --dev igb1.12 --multicast 224.0.0.251 -s 1.1.1.1 -f > /dev/null" everything works perfectly but not in pfSene (command prompt) itself.